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Novartis denied cancer drug patent in landmark Indian case

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Sarah Boseley - Apr. 01 (News) - The Indian supreme court has refused to allow one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies to patent a new version of a cancer drug, a decision campaigners hailed as a major step forward in enabling poor people to access medicines in the developing world. Novartis lost a six-year legal battle after the court ruled that small changes and improvements to the drug Glivec did not amount to innovation deserving of a patent. T

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US doctors cure child born with HIV

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - By Ian Sample - Mar. 04 (News Report) - Doctors in the US have made medical history by effectively curing a child born with HIV, the first time such a case has been documented. The infant, who is now two and a half, needs no medication for HIV, has a normal life expectancy and is highly unlikely to be infectious to others, doctors believe. Though medical staff and scientists are unclear why the treatment was effective, the surprise success has raised hopes that the therapy might ultimately help doctors eradicate the virus among newborns.

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For First Time, Baby Cured of H.I.V., Doctors Say

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:20:00 -0800

New York Times - By By ANDREW POLLACK, DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. - Mar. 03 (News Report) - Doctors announced on Sunday that a baby had been cured of an H.I.V. infection for the first time, a startling development that could lead to more aggressive treatment of babies infected at birth and a sharp reduction in the number of children living with

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Psychiatrist Goes Global in Effort to Close MH Care Gaps

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800

Psychiatric News - By Eve Bender - Feb. 18 (News) - "The idea of understanding the whole person, which medicine could offer, appealed to me."

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Gains In HIV Treatment Remain Stratified By Race And Class | ThinkProgress

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Think Progress - By Tara Culp-Ressler - Nov. 05 (News Analysis) - Significant discrepancies emerged along socioeconomic lines.

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HIV death rates fall, but disparities remain, study finds

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Fox News - By Reuters - Nov. 05 (News) - Overall, the disparities between the most and least educated people have gotten worse, the researchers write.

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Race, education linked to differences in HIV mortality rates

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Monte Morin - Nov. 04 (News) - "HIV has risen in prominence as a cause of death for blacks while simultaneously falling in prominence for whites."

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Protecting U.S. jobs in trade pact could hurt global AIDS fight, critics say

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0700

thenewstribune.com - By Rob Hotakainen - Oct. 15 (Special Report) - If drug companies working in North Carolina and elsewhere get their way in protecting brand-name drugs in a new international trade deal, critics fear that millions of people with AIDS in poor countries will go untreated, losing access to cheaper generics that could keep them alive.

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International AIDS Conference Returns to U.S. with Much Remaining Undone

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Scientific American - By Maryn McKenna - Jul. 22 (News Analysis) - Late Sunday afternoon, less than a mile from the White House, the U.S. will witness something that it has not seen in 22 years: the opening of an International AIDS Conference . ...

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HIV Rates for Black Women in Parts of the US Much Higher than Previously Estimated

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700

newswise.com - By University of Medicine, Dentistry of New Jersey - Press Release - Mar. 12 (Press Release) - “We have known that black women in the US are disproportionately impacted by HIV, however, the magnitude of this disparity in areas hardest hit by the HIV epidemic underscores the gravity of the problem.”

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Profiles in Science | Michel Sidibé: Charm Offensive Is U.N.AIDS Chief’s Strategy

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. - Feb. 21 () - Michel Sidibé, head of the United Nations AIDS program, won’t take no for an answer, colleagues say, as he presses governments in Africa and Asia to step up prevention efforts.

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Two studies show that drugs used to treat AIDS can be used to prevent HIV infection, too

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By David Brown - Jul. 13 (News Report) - Two new studies done in three African countries have shown for the first time that AIDS drugs taken daily can cut by more than half a person’s chance of becoming infected with HIV through heterosexual intercourse.

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The one and only Liz

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Editorial Staff - Mar. 24 (Editorial) - There's no doubt that Elizabeth Taylor defined 'celebrity' for the modern age.

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Don't swallow this pill

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Times of India - By Unni Karunakara - Jan. 21 (Opinion) - MSF's International President urges India not to cut off access to crucial low-cost medicines.

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Double whammy for HIV

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Nature - By Cassandra Willyard - Jan. 19 (News) - RNA dynamic duo curbs infection in mice

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Circumcision helps stop cancer-causing virus, study finds

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - Jan. 07 (News) - Researchers have documented yet another health benefit for circumcision, which can protect men against the AIDS virus, saying it can protect their wives and girlfriends from a virus that causes cervical cancer.

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Thousands on HIV drugs desperate amid budget woes

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - By Michelle R. Smith - Dec. 16 (News Report) - Cash-strapped states are cutting back on a program that provides free medicine to people with HIV, leaving thousands of patients to wonder where their drugs will come from and stirring fears of a return to the days when an AIDS diagnosis meant certain death.

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A cure for AIDS?

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

cosmos Magazine - By Jon Cohen - Dec. 16 (Special Report) - Researchers are pursuing radical new ways to control the infection entirely.

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First HIV-Positive Man Cured

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Carly Schwartz - Dec. 14 (News Report) - On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors believe an HIV-positive man who underwent a stem cell transplant has been cured as a result of the procedure. Timothy Ray Brown, also known as the "Berlin Patient," received the transplant in 2007 as part of a lengthy treatment course for leukaemia. His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing "strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved." While Brown is the first person to ever be declared cured of HIV, his case paves a path for cons

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Fixes: How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By By TINA ROSENBERG - Dec. 04 (Opinion) - How health officials established needle sharing programs in a repressive political atmosphere.

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Lifesaving Drug Praziquantel Too Expensive for Africa

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Miller-McCune - By Melinda Burns - Oct. 03 (Special Report) - "Schistosomiasis is a far more important disease than we ever realized,” said Peter Hotez, one author of the commentary and the chairman of the department of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at The George Washington University. “The failure of the global community to provide access to this essential medicine is impeding sustainable development in Africa"

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Obama Administration to Unveil National Strategy to Reduce HIV Infections

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

ABC News - By Karen Travers - Jul. 12 (News) - Daily NationObama Administration to Unveil National Strategy to Reduce HIV InfectionsABC News (blog)The Obama administration plans to announce its national strategy Tuesday to reduce the annual number of HIV infections in the United States and improve ...Obama Administration Plans National Strategy To Combat HIV/AIDSCalifornia HealthlineDetails of Obama's New HIV Strategy PlanHULIQNew strategy for fighting HIV infections and AIDSThe Associated PressOn Top Magazine?-MedPage Today?-EDGE Bostonall 322 news articles??

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Advance in Quest for HIV Vaccine

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Mark Schoofs - Jul. 09 (News) - In a significant step toward an AIDS vaccine, U.S. government scientists have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered.

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Economy Hurts Government Aid for H.I.V. Drugs

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Kevin Sack - Jul. 01 (News Report) - The weak economy is crippling the government program that provides life-sustaining antiretroviral drugs to people with H.I.V. or AIDS who cannot afford them. Nearly 1,800 have been relegated to rapidly expanding waiting lists that less than three years ago had dwindled to zero.

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At Front Lines, AIDS War Is Falling Apart

Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. - May. 10 (Special Report) - Uganda is the first and most obvious example of how the war on global AIDS is falling apart.

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